09/04/2013
Car Park Body Lay Undiscovered For Two Days
It is believed that a body found in bushes at a car park at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary lay undiscovered for two days.
A member of the public found the man’s body around 14:45 on Sunday in the grounds of the hospital, off Old Dalkeith Road, at 14:45 on Sunday.
It is understood that CCTV footage shows the man was one of a group of four men who got off a number 33 Lothian bus on Old Dalkeith Road on Friday night.
Police are treating the death as suspicious.
(H/CD)
A member of the public found the man’s body around 14:45 on Sunday in the grounds of the hospital, off Old Dalkeith Road, at 14:45 on Sunday.
It is understood that CCTV footage shows the man was one of a group of four men who got off a number 33 Lothian bus on Old Dalkeith Road on Friday night.
Police are treating the death as suspicious.
(H/CD)
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